VOL. XXIX. EVERYBODY will tell you that Ritter A: Ralston sj wraps are the best made and the best fitting wraps in the market, and it you want muslin underwear that at Ritter & Ralston's you can secure full size crarments, well-made and at about the same cost as the material. Hut to cut the story short, it a well known fact that you c pa get all kinds of dry goods, carpets, wraps, furnishings and trimmings at the most satisfactory prices at RITTER & R ALSTON'S. HUSELTON'S SH OES! -JL- Worth Looking W\ Into. Onr Boots and Shoes are making •!* impression "on the sands of time." f We help our customers to make their fep?--. ■" ~ walk in life easy by Gtting them with ' \ Shoes that fit tbeir feet comfortably. Wf.'gi. J \We pay special attention to this, as no ¥ *' Boot or Shoe will wear well that does bo* s'. -y »»*••! v. Phm ii n u;) toi»!« n I nil it sir 4 life without in«fani.i< v. Hp ill 4h»i* A.H oar f> U 4jhr.»l cirjfallr fr> n •.'i * n>r, i nvizal la9t4 as well s* qaility of 4t u't. etc We k-?ap tin k'al tint will fit comforUV? ai l Wd k;ep the best a 1; tb* lowait pricis. Wedia'c k«p » Lvii<H SYniat $1.0) avl'4irit is worth s2.o3,thit is an old, old chestnut, bat we do sif wa have a Ltlie* file Shos at sl. 00 thst ctoaot bi matched either for Styls or w nr, »v* -'ay th » svn) of our L»diea entire llao frou $1.25, $1 50. $2.00. $2.50, an 1 $ 5 Oi a i l up tj $4.00 aul $4.50. Djn't you gat tired of reiiiajf so-ne M\ovi »Ivortise n »at 4 whea th-*y say £>>ds are beia? at aor pri:? to cl ii'i up et-;, that this or tb»? Bora H»; it i-»!lio{ at $i 00 ff )."h }3 0) V >'V t'l-irj is just oaa <>? Tv) itii'i ri, .,b <r t> i-ie a »iif i>r > ! it o if>r i »' i >*. to.iing; the •truth, ojcjlli}?! tb«si liln*al fallows doi's lou any n >mr, good* are per il ijj4 doar at the l>w p ices a imed »fte* you see them aid mere especially afiir fna w.sir them It soHins useless to quote a loojj list of prices as v >u unless you see the girl-i. bat if yoa wa it the b*-«t Boys B >»'.s »', SI.OO, sizes 1 to 5 you over saw you c«i g«tit Hpta, a Man's B ot at $1 50,Children'* Shoes at 25, 50 and 75 cts , Bit's ? »t s5 r* , these <i-e atni£iit prices no humbug to pull yo- *; * * K-- . SO OBIWTS ON THE DObbAa. Have a lot Misses Rubbers at 10 cts. a pair and they are not worth 30 cts either, recollect we ha7e the largest stock to select from, best goods and lowest prices, we don't handle any old job?, sold cheap on account of some Imperfections, bnt solid, new and desirable linosat the lowest price. C. HUBKLTON, - - 102 N. MAI* ST., BUTLEB, PA Overstocked! HIT BIIGUN SHE For 30 days only. BOOTS, SHOES AND RUBBERS. At less than wholesale prices. % Stock must be reduced at at once, Big Line of Xmas Slippers, Come and see us. Remember the place. GRIEB & VOGELEY. •347 S. MALN ST., Opj). VVillard llou.se. gji HAY- FEVER T"/J<l V COLD-HEAD MSM Eltfi Omun Balm it not a Uquid, muff or powdrr. Applied into the tu/itrils it it m Jfc abtorbed. It cleantet ths head, allay* inflammation, heal* _ _ Ell A thesnres. Bold by druooUta or tent by mail on receipt of prire. II f| M 3UC ELY BROTHERS. 56 Warren M NEW YORK. uUG All Kinds of Job Work done at the "Citizen" Office. THE BUTLER CITIZEN. J<MM> P* Stone of Lower Cabot, VL, formerly of Oalton, N. If. A Faithful Pastor Is held in high esteem by his people, and his opinion upon temporal as well as spiritual matters is valued greatly. The following is from a clergyman long influential in New England, now spending well earned rest in Cabot, Vt.: " C. I. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass.: •• We have nse<l Hood's Sarsaparilla in our family for many years past, with Rrcni b«o --cib We have, with confidence, recom mended it to others for their various ail ments, almost all of whom have certified to great benefit by its use. We can Honestly and Cheerfully recommend it as the be«t blood pnriilrr we have ever tried. We have used others, but none with the beneficial effects of Hood's. Also, we deem Hood's Pills And Olive Oint ment iavnlnßblr. Mrs. Stone says she cannot do without them." KEV. J. P. STONE. Better than Gold Mr. Geo. T. Clapp, of Eastondale, Mass., gays: "I aip 82 years of age and for 30 years have suffered with running sores on one of my legs. A few years ago I nail two toes amputated, physicians saying X was suffer ing from gangrene and had but A Short Time to Live Eight months ago as a neighbor urged me, I began taking Hood's Sarsaparilla. The whole lower part of my lee and loot was a running sore, but It has almost completely healed and I can truthfully say that 1 am in beurr health than I have been for many years. I have taken no other medicine and consider that I owe all my improvement to Hood's Sarsaparilla It is better than gold." " I chrerfullf verity the above statement of Mr. Clapp. whom X have known 30 years." J. M. HOW ARD, Druggist, Eastondale, Mass. HOOD'B PIULS »re purely vegetable. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. JOSEPH W MILLER, M. D. Physician and Surgeon, ■office and residence at 33* a. Main St. Butler, Fa. Dr. N. M. HOOVER, 137 K. Wayne Sr., ofll ;e hours. 10 to IJ M. and I to 3 I*. M. L. M. REINSEL, M. D , I'fIYSICIAM AMD SCU«iKOX. Office and residence at 127 K. Cunningham S' L. BLACK, PHYSICIAN AND fiI'HOEOS, V**w Trouttnan HrilUling. Hutler, Fa. K. N. f.EAKE. M. !». J. F. MANN. M..«> Specl.UUt's; Special! !>"i: '/»4. aim auf ii<w. :<w' »" 1 ' *cry. Throat DRS. LEAKE & MAiSIN, Butler, Pa (, ZIMMERMAN. rnysiciAN ANB SCKOKOH, Office a! NO. 1.1. H. Main street. Over Ki 'iik • o'» Drug Store. Butler, Pa, SAMUEL. M. BIPPUS. Physician and Surgeon C*e. 22 l.»*t J»fltrfcun t-t. li iler I'a. V. McALPINE, Dentist, IH now permanently located at iifO South Main Street Butler. I"a„ In rooms fortnerly occupied by Dr. WaMron. DR. S. A. JOHNSTON. DENTIST, - - BUTLER, PA. Gold Filling Pulnless Extncllon ol Teeth and ArtificialTeeU» without Plates a specialty Nitrous Oxide or Vitalized Air or Local Anjrsthetles used. Office over Millers Grocery east of Lowry House. _ Office cloud Wednesdays and Thursdays. J. J. DONALDSON, Dentisl. Butler, Penn'a. A Huh lal Teetli Insetted in the latest im proved plan. Hold Killing a specialty. Office— over Selloul's clothing Store. F. L McQUISTION, KM. IN EE It AND Silt VE YOU, llrott KKAH liimuNli. BCTI.KR. I'A. , A. B. McFARLA N D. □ Att'y at l.aw and Notary Public—Office t.ti S. Diamond St.—opposite the Court House—s> ■ - ond lloor. i -j ?m H. Q. WALKER, Attorney-at-l.aw Office in IHamolil ltlock, Itutler, I'a. J M. PAINTER, Altoi ney-at-La w. Office Between Postoffiee and Diamond, But ler. I'a. .JS A. T. SCOTT, ATTOItJi EY-AT-I.A W. Office at No. s. South Diamond, Butler, l a. A. M. CHRISTLEY, ATIOKNEV AT I.AW Office «ccon t floor. Anderson 111 k Main near t'oiitt House, Buller, I'a. J. W HUTCHISON, ATTORNEY AT law. (tfllrp cm wrotul floor of thfl M;r«*I!on b'«»ck, D Hutl«*r, f'».. Room No. I. IRA McJUNKIN. \ ttom<-y at Law. offloo at No. 17, F!;i*t JefVr •on Ht . Butler. Pa. W. C. FINDLEY, Attorney at I«» mid Ileal Estate Au"• tit or nee reur of L. Mitchell's office on north Hide of Diamond, Butler, I'a. H. H. GOUCHER. Mtorney-at-law. Office ou second floor 01 Anderson building, near Court Mouse. Butler. Pa. NEWTON BLACK. Att'y at Law - Office on South side of Dlamou't Butler, Pa. G. D. HARVEY, Contractor and builder In brick v.ork. grale and mantel setting and all kinds of brick laying a specialty. Also dealer In barrel HUM- Wam pum loore lime, cements. National. Portland and all best grades In the market. Calcined plaster, plaster hair. King's cement, fire brick. t|le, white sand and river sand. Main office :ns N. Main street, ami all orders left at ware house will receive prompt dollvery. Terms reasonable, « V [Original. 1 W &•* Pi' had never be fore enterevl the V//-U* |P». heads of any of Vii' the ix>stma.st"r's HU audience that the country round about Penrose ffiileh and King bolt canyou had really become a part of civilization. In fact, we had never —at least a majority of us- hail any oc casion to discuss the matter before, so when Mauley's suggestion first pre sented itself for consideration it rather dazed us. "You see. boys," said Hawley, "that besides all the fellows that have brought their folks from the states, there's a lot of new families moved in at Kingbolt and the Forks; and, take it all round, I reckon there must be at lcavt fifty k;ds that need schooling. I've got two, and they've run wild about as long as they ought to " So liawley w:», authorized to call a mass meeting for the next Sunday at Harney's danee hall, the invitations to include all citizens of Penrose, King bolt an I Kingbolt I'orlis. The meeting was held and it was a dec Jed success. True, there was con siderable discussion as to the respective advantages of Kingbolt and Penrose as a seat for the proposed institution of learning, but better counsel pre vailed and it was decided to locate the fcchool at the Forks, which was midway between the two larger camps, and where, it was proven, nearly half the children in the settlement belonged. When this momentous question had been decided a school board of seven directors,two from each camp and one at large—Hawley, of Penrose —was elect ed amid much enthusiasm and dele gated with full power to arrange any and all matters pertaining to the founding and maintenance of the new institution, after which the meeting adjourned. That evening the board met and or ganized, and discussed at much length various plans proposed by the mem bers. 11 was decided to begin building at once, and Fen Tower, manager of the Lady Jane Grey, who had former ly been an architect, was asked to pre pare plans. Then the important question of a teacher arose, and we struggled with it for some time. Should the teacher be a man or a woman? Down in our secret hearts I am sure we all wanted to see a pretty girl at the head of that school, but people can't always have what they want. There were two ob stacles in the way. The first was that there were quite a number of the larger boys who would he hard to manage, and the second reason was that it was very doubtful if any young woman would care to come into such an out-of-the-way settlement as ours. So, with much secret regret on the part of the directors, four of whom v.ere bachelors, the secretary was instructed t > write and secure the services of a man competent to handle about fifty pupils of various ages and assorted degrees of educational ad vancement; alsotostate, when writing, full t iUi it—tlnrrj «•» to salary, !»■ 1 and BO forth. This letter went to a - er's bureau In the .t, and, v. Uilc awuit'-tf a r«.ii>r»r,-,e, t' secretary *1 AM MISS FISE^" joined with his colleagues in advanc ing the work of construction which was goin<» on at the Forks. There was not a little speculation as to what sort of a person the new teacher would be, and we concluded that ho was likely to be of the sickly, earnest, un practical missionary typo. One afternoßn, about three weeks after the first directors' meeting, I was at Hawley':. store waitiqg for the after noon mail, and discussing with him the advisability of writing again to tlio teacher's bureau. While we were talk ing a buck-board rattled up to the door, and presently a—well, 1 was go ing to say an angel, but there was rather too much of an atmosphere of perfectly human health about tho vision at the door to describe hf>r that way—presently some one asked, in the sweetest of feminine voices: "Is this the post office?" An electric shock couldn't have started us to our feet more sud<]cnly. It was an hour to mail time, and Haw ley and I were alone in the store. Our hats were off in a quarter of a second, and I would have tfiven a great deal if I hadn't taken off my coat and braces up at the cabin. Hawley rose and went towards the vision, acknowledging with a shocking matter-of-fact Bene dictine bow the next question: "la this Mr. Hawley?" Then she—the vision—continued: "I am Miss Fiske, of Denver. 1 came to see about the school here. I understand a teacher wus wanted." Alec turned helplessly to mo with a weak gesture, and I came forward. "Miss Fiskc —ah —ah —Mr. Lawrence, the secretary;" and Hawley retreated, leaving inc to explain to the vision that we wanted a man teacher. Hut Miss Fiskc had como to get that school. She was bound to have it, and we couldn't do anything but let her try it. What else could a few helpless men do? So when, a few days later, a letter was received from a young man at Omaha who wanted the position, of which he had heard through the teach ers' buro'.n, the writer was duly In formed thnt t!;o place had been filled, and Miss llcrlLa Fiskc was installed as principal and corps of instructors at the Kingbolt Forks "academy," as most of its patrons were pleased to call it About a week after the opening of the sehool the board of directors made a call of state upon the teacher and her ilock. and Miss Fiskc reported prog iVss as well as three or four eases of well-deserved trotincirigs she had ad minitftcrcd just where they would do the most good. She pointed out tho trouncccs and intimated that they had suddenly developed heretofore unsus pected goodness. It was evident that Miss licrtha Fiske was not only an excellent teacher, but had practical ideas o. lis cipline. We took a vote before we sep arated and unanimously decided that tho new teacher was a success. She also ma<lo a great hit socially, ind in less than a fortnight after her arrival was star boarder at the home of Mai Ocnslcr. jimptmcr <A tUc fj.Ur BUTLER, PA.,FIUDAY, APRIL K, of the West, and she ani. Mrs. Oessler were bosom friends. There were a number of other peo ple in camp who would have piven all they possessed to occupy the position of bosom friend to Miss Fiske. These were, it must be stated, mostly men. of whom there were at least twenty of the eligible variety. lam quite confi dent that a frank confession on the part of the seven or eijrht bachelors who became regular callers at Maj. Densler's would develop the fact that a round half dozen availed themselves, during that fall, of opportunities more or less favorable for proposing to the pretty sehoolma'am. Bnt she couldn't accept all of them, and wouldn't ac cept one. I am incliued to think that she gave each and every one of them a big-sisterl3' lecture, winding up with a serious dissertation on the mission of womankind and an argument in favor of universal celibacy, for I overheard Re Long and Parry, two of the rejected ones, comparing notes, and their ex periences were strangely similar. I wondered why Stansbury was so indifferent. I was, for reasons unnec essary to explain, merely a looker-on, and could, therefore, give the matter disinterested study. I had only known Stansbury a few months, he having come to the camp a stranger the win ter previous. but we had been thrown to gether a good deal, and 1 had often heard his opinion on the subject of women and matrimony—and they were not very complimentary or delicately-expressed opinions. Still, 1 have heard other men talk as he did, and have observed that when the enemy appears, at soma period, they capitulate even more easily than do some other men. 1 had rather exiiected that Stansbury, under the cir cumstances, would succumb to the charms of the pretty sehoolma'am— but he didn't He called upon her as often as any of the other boys did, but his spirits remained the same, and he didn't grow pensive or lose his appe tite. I tried to draw him out once in awhile by mentioning Miss Fiske, but he treated the subject in his usual off hand way. Not that he made discour teous remarks about Miss Fiske —he was enough of a gentleman not to ap ply any of his coarser remarks to any individual member of the sex. But he scoffed, nevertheless. One day we were talking about poor DeLong, wtio was in a.bad way with the case of unrequited affection before mentioned, of which, by the way,about everybody in camp had heard. De Long was not at all backward about telling of it, so people felt at liberty to talk all they pleased, and only the evening before. Miss FLske herself, with tears in her lovely eyes, had toW me how very, very sorry she was for the poor chap. I could not doubt it, she spoke so sadly and looked so dis tressed, and T told Stansbury that the first thing we knew Miss Fiske would pity poor DeLong so much that she would accept him. Stansbury pushed his chair away from the table, and looked at me in a peculiarly disagreeable, sarcastic way lie had sometimes; "Don't be an ass, William. You don't know women. Here are p.ll these feather-headed idiots fluttering around and getting singed for their pains, and she do; sn"t care"- here he snapped hLs fingers contemptuously—" that for the whole crowd of 'em. Why, Hilly, I'll bet yon anything that when she leaves she'll be laughing openly at every fool man of 'cm. Humph! She's a flirt. All women arc, but she's a little more so." The n- '. -tfternoon I walked up to see Maj l>' .' Iff on hu-iiwH... but h» ar.d Mrs. Peusler '..'ere, both out, ana ivcn■ not c-.'pceteii home for half an houi. It v. as warm, so I went down to the shady road for a stroll. Coining around a short turn, and hearing low voices, 1 looked up, and there, not two rods away, were Stansbury and the pretty sehoolma'am. Ho was sitting on a flat rock, and she was sitting on his lap as if she were quite accustomed to it. It was about as contented a little group as it has ever been my fortune to gaze upon. They did not sec me, and I had no wish to disturb them, so I hurriedly retreated. That night, when Stansbury catno into my room for his usual good-night chat, I could not resist the t niptation of giving him a sly dig, which was, p< rhaps, more broad than sly. The shot hit Stansfield leaped almost out of his chair. "You -you : aw—?" Then, with something of a:i effort to assume hia usual cool manner: "Well, liilly, I sup pose 1 tuu.v us well confess. But—well, old man, I hate like thunder to bo talked about, and so does she. You under tand, don't you? You see, when it isn't to i opto off for awhile, the par- tics hate to have a matter of this kind discussed." I assured liim of entire silence on my part, and he received my congrat ulations in a rather more embarrassed way than I thought him capable of, after which we talked on other sub jects. A day or two later word came from Denver that Maj. Densler's little girl, who was at school there, was very ill, and he and Mrs. Densler started at once to go to her. The major eaine to the ofiicc and said, hastily: "Lawrence, have Stansbury" (Stans bury was bookkeeper at the company's store, I had forgotten to state) "take all the money to the house. Miss Fiske has the combination to the safe, and will give it to you this evening, so if I don't get back before pay day, you can attend to it." I notified Stansbury, \yho returned from the Donslers that evening with the combination to tho major's private safe, which he gavo to me. "It's u blamed nuisance, that safe in the store being out of whack, but 1 suppose there's no use kicking. Will that chap be here soon to fix it, or had I better write again?" "I think I'd write, if I were you. It won't do any harm." Next day was Saturday, Miss Fiske's holiday. About nine o'clock Stans bury came up to the office. "Billy, I've got to go over to lviugbolt and sec if Parsons has heard about that last ivW ■ /JJH >' / f*' m THEY WKKE A COffTKNTKI) I.ITTI.K GROUP. order we sent in. I won't be back until evening." Then ho drove off, taking the road past Denslcr's. Sunday morning Jlrs. Flynn, Mrs. Densler's cook, came to me iu great dis tress of mind. "Shure, Mist her Lawren?e, I do be worrited to death, fur Miss Fiske wint over t' Kingbolt tli' yistliurday, an" ain't coom back yit" Stansbury had not come back, either, but 1 thought ho had only staid over to spend the day with Parsons. I walked up to the house with Mrs. Flynn, and, as we walked, somehow or other a strange suspicion c-une into my mind. I rushed up the slope into the house, and into Miss Fiske's room. L'noccn pied, of course, but nothing to indicate that she had not vacated it only for a short time. 1 rushed down to the ma jor's stilly, and stood irre-ol.itely in front of the safe. Then, with shaking hands, I turned the combination, fail ing to strike it once or twice, and opened the door. The safe was strange ly empty. There was a note which flut tered out of the open door. It read: "RKAK MAJOR: My wife (alias Miss Fiske) and your humble servant befj leave to extend to you and your charm ing lady our sincere thanks for the many kindnesses you have shown us. and especially for the opportunity just given us of takiug a copy of the com bination to the safe. It is what we have wanted for some time, in fact just what we were here for. Let me advise you. dear major, to beware of un recommended bookkeepers and strange school-teachers. Let me also suggest that it will be foolish to pur sue us. We have about all the money we need to help us out of the country, an 1 you can't catch us. Yours gTate fully, STAN-SBURV." Aud the school board agreed that Miss Fisk •, or Mrs. Stansbury, or Mrs. Smith, or whatever li.'r name might now 'be, was a success in everything she undertook, for. although the major did everything pouiblc to jj-ct on th > track of the fugitives, not a trace of them was ever found. The "school ma'am" who succeeded Miss Fiske was *ot a "ma'am," and he boarded at the beanbouse with the rest of the miser able bachelors. He also came highly recommended. 11. L. Kktchum. How to I?o a Nice Fellow. Always try and adapt yourself to cir cumstances. When you pro to a clam bake, do as the clambakcrs do —eat, drink and be merry. A solemn man has no place at a clambake. When you go to a funeral, do as the mourn ers do; be quiet and unobtrusive; a jester lias no place at a funeral. So in everything study the character of the company, and then accept their sentiments as your own. This is what makes a man "a nice fellow to have around." —Philadelphia North Amer ican One tv«y of Telling- Wife— 1 know that Mrs. ilronstone was thinking all sorts of horrid thing* of me while she was talking to me. Husband—Why, my dear, 1 don't un derstand why you should say that. She certainly was very pleasant. Wife —Oh, yes, of course, but she kept looking at my dress all the time she was talking.—Detroit Free Press. —lt was an old New Kngland judge who once interrupted a lawyer in the midst of a prt a:I-eaple speech by say ing: "Mr. , I wish you would take a few feather , front the wings of your imagination and yut them in the tail of your judgment," ■ Mother "Olive, what has hap pened that you are in so much bet ter humor than when you went to school?"' Olive —"Oh, liecause Miss llrown told i.ie I was such a good little fctud u>." A i' tz/Mnji ICoply. Col, Ver,having wsvted a consid erable length of time for his supper al nn Austin restaurant, a a sort of ft hint afckcil the Irish waiter what o'clock it was "Twenty minntu-» u» ntc. si>r." w«u» the reply • Col. Verger was puzzled to know whether the waiter meant twenty min utes t<> wait, twenty minutes to eight, or twenty minutes to ate. Texas Sift ings _ A dilutee Shot. "Rrothcr Gotrox," said Rev Mr. Wil .'us, "did you ever reflect that .your wealth is not really your own —that it is but committed to your hands uk a trust yet to h(\accounted for?" "That is the way 1 got hold of most of it." answered the great man, sur prised into sudden candor, "but I don't sec how you discovered it."—lndianap olis Journal. Too rio»«. Mr. Lotos—Have you any idea what are the relations between that young Rivers Idc and our Lena? Mrs. Lotos —I don't know; the young people seem to be very close-mouthed. Mr Lotos H'tn: so 1 thought when 1 discovered tliem on the parlor sofa, this evening. - - Puck. Inexprnslvi' Offering*. "IJrother Itylins is eloquent in prayer," said one inembcrof the congre gation to another; "but I don't think he's very liberal when the contribution box passes." "No; his offerings to the Lord are confined almost entirely to suggestions." —Judge. \ Itarrfu I xUtrucr. Strawvv<r—Mangle and his wife have gone out west and are living on a ranch. Singerly—How do they like it» Strawber- He likes it well enough, but she is miserable. I hear she says she can't tell when the next-door neigh bor has a new dress. —Cloak Review. Con,pill,.. lll.in In I llii l. Clarissa—Come now, Ethel, was it a genuine unsolicited proposal no leap year business about it? Rthel —Of course it was. The Idea that I could propose to any man! Clarissa- Well, you must excuse ine, dear, but it seems impossible that such a thinjf could happen.—N. Y. Press. About lllm*«-ir. Woodward—ls that man you were talking to awhile ago an oculist? Jefferson—No, he's a lawyer. Wby did you think he was an oculist? Woodward —Well, he had so much to say about the 1 that I thought lie must be a professional.—Detroit Free Press. Xatnrul "l think my little dog's smarter than my brother," said Willie. "They're both a year old and the dog can walk twice as well as Tommy." "He'd ought to," said Jimmie. "He has twice as many legs to do it with." —Harper's Young People. \ uiijcciinre Will I!© Hwopt. "Well, little boy, what's your naraeT" "Shadrack Nobuchaduezzer Jones." "Who gave you that name?" "I don't know. Rut ycr can bet clie* life if I find out, when I gets me growth, they'll t>e sorry for "t."—Life THK lIKIGIIT OF IMMJIJEKt'E. Roy—Say, mister, will you (five me a cent? Mister —What do you want to do with it? Roy—l want to give it to that feller over there. Ho sez if I will give him a cent, he will knock yer tall hat oft! — Golden Dave. AN AGE Ol- PROGRESSION. TynKIIdOTTTT!!# of wood filler is eois into use. THE street oars in Leavenworth, Kan., are to V run by compressed air. The citizens have raised the money to raise the wind. A SUWINO machine has been invented which stitches easily and" rapidly through layers of leather five-eighths of an inch in thickness. A GKRMAN inventor is reported to have devised an ingenious camera tak ing photographs of the internal orgaus of human beings and beasts AN engineer on the Missouri Pacific has invented a coat of mail so contrived that when a man is held up by rob'oers he can discharge a revolver while l>oth hands are confined above his head. THE latest architectural novelty in Chicago is a book-shaped block, twelve stories high, to lie known as the Mer cantile Register. This book will have steel bindings with terra cotta trim mings. A FRK.NCH scientist has invented a practical machine for adding columns of figures. It is expected to be a great boon to bookkeepers, for, according to all accounts, it is simply constructed and can l»e easily used. PURELY PERSONAL. ZEBULO.N SVPUKR. a pork raiser at Norwood. 111., is said to closely resemble pictures of Shakespeare. A RON of Charles Matthews, born in New York, is now, at the age of forty two, becoming conspicuous at the Brit ish bar. SqL'iRK JOHNSON, a justice of the peace at Grayson, Ky., has enrolled himself as a scholar in a country school near his homo. He is forty years old. TnE six Shields brothers, of Collin county, Tex., have an average height of six feet eight inches, and CoL Henry Thurston, of Tituj county, Tex., towers up to the height of eight feet five inches. MRS. JESSIE RI SSEI.L, of Bay Ridge, L. 1., is 105 years old and lias never had any severe sickness. She waits upon herself and is a daily reader of the news papers. Five generations of the family are now living. DR. LEWIS REUTER, a physician of once lucrative practice and now a man of wealth, has been discovered living in squalid apartments at Williamsburg, N. J., and with all the surroundings of a miser. His wife, who left him some years ago. is a niece of Gen. Franz SigeL LITERARY GLEANINGS. LORD TENNYSON is not very strong in his spelling. THERE are over C,OOO known lan guages and dialects. THE total number of newspapers pul>- lished in the world at present is said to be in excess of 37,000. ANDREW CARNEGIE has donated for libraries and museums in the state of Pennsylvania $2,440,000 in all, beside over £IOO,OOO for libraries in his native country, Scotland. A NEWSPAPER printed in the Sioux language, to be called the Lina Sappa Wocckiye Taeyaupaha, and edited by Father Jerome, the Indian missionary of Fort Tottan, is to be published at Devil's Lake, N. I). THE woman's literary club of Balti more has begun collecting a library of all works written by men and women of their state, and southern papers are urging the formation of clubs for a similar work in all their states. M«NV SUBiieWTB TBBBE is a spider named after An thony J. Drexel, of Philadelphia. A LAKE bed of scallops has been dis covered near Bastiue, Me. Large, un developed deposits are also in the lower St. Croix river. IT is saiil that if the "voice" of an elephant were as load in proportion an that of a nightingale, his trumpeting could be heard around the world. WITH a jackknife James Ingram, of East Bradford, Me., has carved on a dogwiHxl cane a fox hunt, with a dozen hounds and a mounted hunter or two in the chase. A CAMEL of the largest size has l>een known to drink from thirty to fifty gal lons and then travel without water for twenty days. The water remains pure, and numerous instances are on record in which human life has been saved in the desert by killing a camel and using the water from its stomach. SCIENCE WITH A RELISH. THE ant is said to have the biggest brain, according to its size, of any crea ture. Tiib normal temperature of mu#i is 08,' i degress Fahrenheit; that of fish 77 degrees. A l'oi.isn chemist has discovered that liquid oxygen is not colorless. In a layer of it thirty millimeters thick he finds that it has a bright sky-blue color. IiBOW.f eyes, according to Do Can dollc, the famous scientist, are much more common anion;,' women than among men. The saine gentlemun de clare:. that in re i>cct to health persons of the 4>rowu type are probably su perior to those of tho blonde type. Tiik sun gives Cffl.ooo times as much light as tho moon; ".000,000,000 as much as the brightest star, and ."G.000.000 times as much as all the stars combined. In bize tho sun eqn; !s 1,300,0110 earths, but owing to it. small* r density it weight equals only JJOO.OOO earths. INDUSTRIAL NOTES. Fifty mii.i.ion pins are rnado every day in London alone. Tiik Penobscot log cut this year in 150,000,01)0 feet. About 110,000.000 feet como down tho Kennebec. It is computed by well-informed per sons that Maine has wood enough to make 28,000,000 tons of pulp, or sixty years' supply for all the pulp mills now running in tho country. Wobk has been started on a pulp and paper mill at Winslow, on the Kenne bec river, Me., which Is to havo a ca pacity larger than that of any other mill in the world. It will turn out 75 to 80 tons of inanila paper daily and cm ploy 250 men. A l.oiig-llemle.l Intlicr. "You weren't mail, then, when your daughter eloped?" "Not much." "Why did you pursue them so hotly for twenty miles?". "I was afraid they might repent and come back."—Judge. Bound to A««ert Iturll. "If it hurts you, dear," said the sur geon, as he applied the splints and ban dages, "cry all you want to. You will feel better." "Thank you, doctor," replied the little Boston girl. "I never weep. It wrinkles the face."—Chicago Tribune. Cotllng Krrn Willi Ihr <irlp. [timer (entering the editorial sanc tum) I have written a poem on tho grip, sir Editor (who Is just over a severe at tack of the tnaladj*)— Well, it deserves it. —Jury. _ SliiKtilur IfDornucw. "Do you know that Mrs. Coldwater actually asked inc to-day what a jag was?" "She did?" "Fact The Idea of a woman having a husband and not knowing what a jag ial"—N. Y. I'ress. Well I'nderntood. "Your brother seems to pay no atten tion to the girls, does he?" "Oh, no; he has to escort inc every where until I'm married." "Yes. I heard hUn say he preferred to be a bachelor all his life."—llouselfcld ABOUT ROOT CROPS. Kf Sure to I'Unt * fc>w Arrw I>.irln* tIM < omitif NFMOII While a considerable number of east ern farmers Had it profitable to stow root crop-, of different kinds to !c«d out to the stock during the fall and winter, it is only in exceptional cases tvhere a western farmer can be found that follows this plan. Yet in many localities the sandy, loamy soil seems well adapted to the growing of this class of crops. Perhaps one of the principal reasons why so few roots are grown In the west is because so much corn is raised, and the fodder is nsed to the same pur pose in the west that the roots are grown for in the cast. Some years ago quite a number of farmers were In duced to try growing artichokes, more especially us a food for hogs, but the plan for various reasons has, to a con siderable extent, been dropped. Corn is fully as easy to grow and Is less trouble to harvest and feed, and this Is at least one good reason why the plan has not been followed np As with many other crops that are new to localities the better plan is to try on a small scale first, and if the re sults are satisfactory the planting can readily be extended. Of the different varieties of root erops grown for feeding stock tb« mangel wurzel stands first and in a rem sonably rich, well-prepared soil very large yields can be secured. Carrots, parsnips and turnips can be used to a good advantage. In growing for stock the larger coarse varieties should be selected, and the preparation of the soil for planting, the seeding and culti vating should all be done by using the team with the plow, harrow, drill and cultivator. All root crops thrive best in a deeply worked soil; plow deep and thorough and work into a good tilth t>efore pladting the seeds. The advantage in using the seed driM is that the seeds will be distributed more evenly in the rows and be covered at a more uniform depth. Use plenty of seed and after the plants come up well thin out leaving only one plant every six inches at least One cause of fail ure to grow good crops is often on ac count of neglect to thin out If a large growth is secured the plant must have room to grow. In a majority of cases, if the soil lias been properly prepared before planting, the harrow can bo used first in commencing the cultivation and tlica the cultivator, taking pains to work as close as possible to ths plants, not only to kill out the weeds, but also to keep the soil mellow and induce a better growth Try a quarter of an acre first, give good cultivation and feed out carefully and if the re sults are satisfactory a larger acreage can be planted next season.—Prair'.e Farmer. CHEAP GATE FASTENER. Ita lovontor Coiildtn It llw Bnt Thing Ever Mad*. I send you a sketch of a cheap and substantial gate fastener. Fig. 1 rep resents the gate shut Fig. 'J Is the fastener ready to attach to the gate. Tho dotted lines show the position qi the lever when shoved back ready for opening. Fig. 3is the wire which holds the top of tho lever to the gate. E, Flo. L Figs. 1 and 2, is the wire in poaltlon. A, A, are the pieces or bolts that go Into the mortices in the posts: they are fastened to the upright B, and this to attached to the lever D, by connecting piece C. It should be fastened by a bolt at each end, loose enocgh to ttva I fl I ft/ / m JTTF L-E-J =9 J> no. a. no. a. easily as the lever Is moved. The pieces A, A, work in mortices through the end bar of the gate (not represented prop erly by the engraver). This, with the bolt through the lower end of lever, and the wire, E, holds the device firmly in position.—J. A. Calhoun, in Ohio Farmer. • 'lover with Timothy ]t is not as generally known as it should be that common red clover seed, to the measure of 5 per cent of the whole, sown with timothy seed, will increase so much the growth of the grass. The yield over timothy sown by itself is from -0 to 25 percent This fact is a practical indorsement of the new doctrine of vegetable nutrition, that nitrogenous plant food may be to some extent supplied by microbes, that in rich soils are developed on the roots of the leguminous plants, like clover, alfalfa, beans, pea-, etc. It is said that nothing else, unless it be alfalfa, so much enriches the land on which it to sown, as the castor bean. This has been attributed to the deep root* of the plant and the long shading of the surface, favoring the formation of the nitrates, but under the light afforded by the discovery of the important part played by microscopic germs in the phenomena of piant nutrition, the old and former explanation must give place to the new.—N. Y. Tribune f'ootl I'tiiuonwl by Horns. It is not the amount of food con •nmed, but that digested, which keeps the horse strong and plump I put two quarts of stones the size of small ben eggs in one of my mangers lately The horse did not digest them—in fact, he did not eat them, but he eats his oats more slowly now because he can't get them so rapidly, and as a result digests them fully. It is as easy for an animal to waste food by bolting It as to poke it through a bole In the manger.—Farm Journal. No I'M for Harbors. Customer (in barber's chair) —So you haven't heard Von Thumper, the wdrld famous pianist? Ilarbcr —Nan. Dose bianists ueffer batronize me, an' so I neffer batroniie dem. —N. Y. Weekly. With Our ApolufWw. ••When Washington wm pmldcnt he had a magnificent state carriage." "I believe so." "Itut when he was at hto cherry tree age he was satisfied with a hack."— Life. lU|*l4 (•rowth. "This town seems to be making great progress." said a visitor to a resident of BooinvtUc. O. T "You are jist right, stranger. Why, we've had to enlarge the jail twice."— Epoch. Tlii.) Duo't Know tuo l>i Wmrmucm. "He may be a good lawyer, but there la not much sense to his talk." "Well, that isn't noticed, you know, for lie talks mostly to juries."—N. Y. Press. , < ouifort for tho Ntodf. I'spcr, t W uld, wta keep us warn. Tbl» fad. pour friend, pray note— Aud lti your rest tfce ticket wear for your pawned orrrcoat -Pork. Duly t'atalogaril. She - iiave you got that picture w» lad taken at the seashore last July? lie —Yes, I've got it among my collao tion of souvenir spoon*.—N. Y.-HcnJ* XO. QQ A PORTABLE FENCE. It# Cl«m ItifmUon «f *a New Turk I ir»»r I send jv>u sketch and ikwriptwc of a portable ] have used for 11 yean, sc.l I think it superior to aay otlfrr. portable or iermis«t Have your boards It feet loug, 5 inches wide and 1 inch thick. Take two narrow boards feet long; cut notches In them 1 iri. h deep, as far apart a* you want the boards, and fasten them to the barn floor. to put the ends ot the board- in. one at each end. These boards are T Ineh-s apart Then cut three stripe, iioc ! njrth of these, nail one in the n uUr am! the other two IS incbe* fr >1:1 each <ml I'se wire nails and clinch well This makes one pan el. a. shown in I'ijf. I. flow to put. it tip Set posts IS feet at irt Kaise the panel <1 fnctaes from grouad. and t> re a H-hole through the p. -t -in kr the top board, into which .ir.ve t'- U»h v.vn at Fig. A This li »k is of f,-inch •quare iron. Put anoth t h.wk under the third board fro i top. as hown. This gives you a lap of d inches of panel Drive hooks f±T I ± FP-F NIT 1 - f I hl " I' ' f fl'" 1 —P I <■* np r.nvf. and you will have a good, stro"v l . that nothing will disturb When jot want to move the feae*. start Uic hooUs back with a blow or two with tue 'lamruer. Cost of fer.ee. It take'* about 33 feet of lumber to each paneL Therefore 1.000 fc» -t will make forty pauels or » rods of fence 1,000 feet cf ;■< nil i. IS AS «ochestr-:t •»- - I. !■ ■n bocks. s>-ut t 1% Nails • Total M«s Or 50 cents per nsi. This does notia clnde makir,, ■ f panels, or sharpening of DOMta This is about the price of mat-rial herw of course cost varies in different toeal'ties. Atraia the psa eU can t r made to suit anyooe. by having wider boards or -.pacea. bat the object is to have them alike so they will ban.' on the hooks on aay poet Advant ages of this fence: It caa be Bade on stormy days ia a workshop or on the barn floor. It doesaot take aay more nail - Ymi rave a middle poet, and that will savior two boolca. atad they will last forever. By starting the hooks back a little it to very readily taken down to be moved, or laid down all winter, svoidir._- all saww drifta. Drlts* joar jx tt in the ~priag if aeeaa sary, an.l hang if strata. and 'hen JOU wtJvli t.. move th«*:n JOB ean draw 13 or i» panels at oac load. lattetd of bars or irate*. I i:-ak'- them 13 fwt King, only one poet near each end, iad uoe book in eiM-h post under the second board from top. to f»>tfß It Bora a bole in the width of Iwonl - above the book and put a tin in. It <-»n be takes ont •3d pot back again abo at aa quick as openihg and shutting a irate, aw! answers everv purpose of an expensive gate. —J. li liawlin*. in Ohio Farmer ARTfCHOKES FOR STOCK. I'*4» Manf » Irrowlinrn tk* Tm» An U*M« TilwM>. An lowa farmer —"'"•» and large French *rtu uu*» w aa**, whioh harvest the tuber* thl■«!»»*. and fonnd the oaUoa* a® deairntle that the practice haa been foatlmwd annually during maoj year*, however, till te»t spring were any of the mots gathered for other stock. At that time some were girt** to a valu able stallion apparently oat of health. The result, and dedoetioaa from It. are thns set forth >a » letter to the Weat ern Agriculturist: • The horse ate them readily, and be siih'H an excellent effect aa food ami Improving his coat and general health, it mas noted that he pas—d worms freely. In a short tinae ha wan ia Una condition. Although the effect oa swine has many times been similar, it | w»» accepted aa an ordinary fact. Thin ' experiment w.mhl indicate that for horses, under like rtn-anstaawa thia tuber would l>e ~u.te valuable. The labor uf growing one fourth acre for t use in the horse barn would ha small, and the tsw with which the laiga vari ety can be hered and stored (fram ing is no damage i commend the matter as well worth fair tnai. Thev may be left In the rrniHkl until frost ta o®t. anil would furnish a soft bite to horaea. brood mars ami oolts, just when aeed ed, and at one-teeth the coat of grow ing and storing the same weight of earrats. * PLOW-HAN OWE PLOOOINOS. A fOOL is like a sheep; his fleece la worth more than his eareaaa. 'fur. cars don't kiil aa many men as die of being too smart ia money mat tent Kr.iri.wi cow* ta make axle-greaec butter ia living next door to tha four house. Caixo one vote to pay a spite la like burnitfir "Ut a >nino ble bee s neat With greenbacks. Mtd roods, as a luxury, are not to be compared with mu« brooms ua toast for e a penai renews. NttT to a bunkoed farmer, tha Mff gest fool is the fly that tickles you aad waits to be slapped Tin farmer who raises army peas where he ought to raise amber when* cats down his own wage*. A mascal ia lihe a loeomatiea; al ways tryinjr to run away from hia oat smoke, but always making mora of it. Owa can t help admiring the seaaa fit a balky horse. He knows the eklf won't wear him out as «ooa aa i>«r loading A LOOM muli- amonjr the horaua at a political meeting r» as strong aa argu ment while it laat* aa the other side wants. —Jonathan llayseed. ia Ameri can Agriculturist r»M It AkMf. Miss He Fashion—Ma. shall I wear my big hat to the theater? Mrs. He Fashion—Horrors! ?W Peo ple will think you aro from tha Liaitn. [Note tu Exchange*.—Thia wildly Imaginative item ia not copyrighted.}— N. V. Weekly. Ha tlatfa'l. It »■ -mit Humley— I've been to aea Mint T« at least two dotcn times withia the laat aix weeks atwl have never soceea*4 ia finding her in. Shsrpleijrb— Wall. I sbonld think kff this time you wotld have niceeedad ia finding ber ont —Detroit Frae Preat She— Willtam. when art yon gotag to be married . 1 He Not nntil your father takae me lato bu*laesa, Sarah. I don't want to take you from your home until I eaiuap port you by ir«od honest toil- —"ftaas lifting*. ______ iMaMhl sumrHy. When a ■tatrsaus m fxastiag hia ««rtt «e th* nstloa. Wketi a dsetor Is r >rws*a la MriH yaw b- a <h. When a la*r»r a4rsees lo than UOgaMaa. Tkey are erfeeauac fur aaogbt M hmakt their eealtfc. Featherstoae— I have just «*de tha mistake of my life. Ringway - ilow ao? Featherstoae—l was fooliak anoagh to call on my doctor ia a silk hat aad ha Charged mu double rates.—Judaa.
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